It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?

Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.

If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too big sails to too small a ship, too big meals to too small a body, too big powers to too small a soul - the result is bound to be a complete upset. In an outburst of hubris the overfed body will rush into sickness, while the jack-in-office will rush into the unrighteousness that hubris always breeds.

The Dance, of all the arts, is the one that most influences the soul. Dancing is divine in its nature and is the gift of God.

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.